The runaway bull charged vehicles and forced the State Highway Patrol to close the highway’s eastbound and westbound lanes at times while troopers gave chase for 90 minutes.

The mayhem on June 15 began at 2:53 p.m. Nelsonville resident Larry Harris had just purchased the bull at a stock sale and was transporting the animal in a trailer attached to his truck. As he drove west near Guysville, Harris realized that the trailer’s back gate was loose. When he pulled over to secure it, the bull kicked open the gate and bolted. The bull ran through a metal right-of-way fence along Rt. 50, then dashed back onto the highway.

Harris, Trooper Nathan Smith and patrol Sgt. Jeremy Mendenhall tried to corral the bull and coax him into a farm field, but the animal was having none of it. He charged cars as he ran east for 2 miles before doubling back.

“He was very aggressive,” said patrol Lt. George Harlow, commander of the Athens post.

Eventually, authorities decided the animal had to be put down.

“This bull was just not controllable at all,” Harlow said.

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How coveted is a taxi license in Columbus?

The city received 307 valid registrations for its new wheelchair specialty taxicab licenses. The problem: Only five are available.

Of those 307 registrants, 20 were entered into a lottery for licenses that will be issued to those who are looking to break into the business.

A total of 30 wheelchair-accessible-taxicab licenses have been authorized, comprising 15 earmarked for the city’s two largest companies, 10 for independent owners and five for new owners.

Lottery winners have 30 days to prove they have purchased a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that meets city requirements and 60 days to show it has two qualified drivers.

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A study released last week found that Ohio’s bridge problem actually is getting better.

The advocacy coalition Transportation for America found that 9.1 percent of Ohio bridges are structurally deficient, making it 30th-best in the country. That means 2,461 of 27,002 bridges are in bad shape.

But that’s an improvement since the organization’s last survey in 2011. In fact, 11.7 percent of the state’s deficient bridges in 2011 (327) were upgraded in the latest report. Only six other states had a larger percentage drop in their deficient spans. Conditions deteriorated in 15 states.